Zuhd

PERTAINING TO PIETY AND SOFTENING OF HEARTs

Hearts

Book 42, Number 7059:

Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may p(-ace be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar coming from the side of 'Aliya and the people were on both his sides.

There he found a dead lamb with very short ears. 

He took hold of his ear and said: Who amongst you would like to have this for a dirham? 

They said: We do not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use to us. He said: Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)?

They said: By Allah, even if it were alive (we would not have liked to possess that), for there is detect in it as its ear is very short; now it is dead also.Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as it (this dead lamb) is in your eye.

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